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The social website Goodreads, where readers share reviews and book picks, got picked up by online retail giant Amazon on Thursday. The price hasn't been disclosed. Goodreads has about 16 million members.

Are you ready to bring an eavesdropping device that's connected to the cloud into the privacy of your abode? Amazon thinks so, as it introduces Echo, a speaker that takes your questions and commands.

Peruvian health officials face many obstacles as they try to get everyone vaccinated, including those who live in remote and rural areas.

The newspaper's editor accused Sanders of peddling a "conspiracy theory" about the influence of the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, who is also the founder and CEO of Amazon.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that archaeologists have discovered the remains of a previously unknown society that apparently thrived in caves in the Amazon about 11,000 years ago. Researchers unearthed artifacts of the culture in a cave in what is now Brazil. The discovery raises new questions about how the Americas were peopled.

The move comes as Amazon.com's overall revenue growth is slowing, and it's looking for new ways to reignite sales.

Defense Department officials say that No Easy Day, former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette's book about the secret mission to kill Osama bin Laden, includes classified information that may harm U.S. military operations. The book is currently the bestseller on Amazon.

At a convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this week, the union announced plans to create a special division focused on organizing Amazon workers across the country.

Amazon's unmatched promise of 50,000 well-paying jobs has red carpets rolling out across the U.S. — but also some soul-searching. How much should communities subsidize wealthy American corporations?

The company's much-anticipated competitor to the iPad will cost $199. And Amazon is introducing a new touch-screen Kindle.